A pair of heavy kitchen scissors for the jobs that a knife does badly: snipping herbs straight into a pan, trimming fat off a chop, cutting through poultry, opening tough packaging and taking the string off a joint.
Length: 8.75 in.
Blades: stainless steel, sharpened for clean cuts.
Extras: built-in bottle opener and a lifter for can pull-tabs.
Cleaning: blades separate; hand wash recommended.
The two extras are set into the handle where they take up no room, and the can lifter earns its place the first time it saves a fingernail on a stubborn ring pull.
Blades that come apart are the feature worth having, because the pivot of a closed pair of kitchen scissors is exactly where food gets trapped and never quite rinses out. Split them, wash both halves properly, and clip them back together.
